AMATEUE FISH CULTUBE 



whole of the summer. The percentage of deaths 

 is always greater than in the case of the trouts, 

 not excluding the fontinalis, which is, as I have 

 already explained, not really a trout but a char. 

 Though there must be some doubt as to its 

 success, I should like to see a really serious 

 attempt at introducing char into some deep and 

 large ponds in the south of England. Char have 

 been very successfully reared in shallow water, 

 which was certainly not kept at a particularly 

 low temperature, so I see no reason why this fish 

 should not do in some of our more southern 

 waters. One drawback to the chance of this 

 attempt being made, however, is that the char 

 cannot be considered as being a fish which gives 

 very good sport, and I very much doubt whether 

 any one is likely to try the experiment simply to 

 find out whether they would or would not suc- 

 ceed in the south of England. 



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